Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1887-01-23

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Who are those Hennicker people? n they
were there a week ago!' vhon
..And did you notice johns na' ~
he came in, and the vulgar iamillall'y
calling him iudge?'" said Mrs: Haie. 8
nWell. certainly anything like the III,
u;,;arity of this man Clinch l never saw,
said Kate. Contrast his manner WI"
Mr.. Falkner's." vrs
inncbaon the three suffering martyrs
s.aIIr succeeded in reducing Hale anu MS
..n" Iy;en5s 70 an attitude of vague apology.
t p,, ,b..;r triumph was short lived. Al
.In ~ If The meal they were startled ny
the Rambling OF hoofs without, ioiioweu
S' Loud knocking. In another momenI
The door was opened and MI o.n
~ INTO The room. Hale rose with u
look of indignation. ,.rstood
sI tbougbt, as MI. Stanper unaerstoou
.hot 7 had no desire for his company eE
srbsre he would hardly venture to intruue
upon me in my house, and certainly n''
after y,,;,antes
OFF you're abiding to the 'lglia'
sbakin' you and Zeenie mp at henhlchsi
Won can't make me responsible iof NAV
I'm here now on business-you unaei
l-req,lar business. Ell you want TO see cue
papers yer ken. Isuppose you mo" "nA'
~ NOW what you are," said Hale hotly,
and if You don't leave my house
sSteady, bows" interrupted stanner, az
his five henchmen filed into the haii.
THERE'S no backin' down here, Col
Clipch. unless You and Hale kalkiiate 10
hack down the state Of Callforny! ING
matter stands lake this; There's d hai
freed Mexican, called Manuel, arreSted
over at the Summit, who swears he saw
George Lee and Edward Falkner III TINS
house the night after the robbery. he
saws that they were maxim themselves ~
home here, as if they were among irlenus,
and considerin' the kind Of help we We =
| from Mr.. John Hale, it looks ezn IL m'sh'
he true"
IT'S an infamous lieI' said Hale.
at NAV be true, JOHN said MIS-
Scott, suddenly stepping in front OF her
ualecheeked daughters. "A ma
was brought here ont OF the storm 10y hs
| friend, who claimed the shelter oil your
roof. As your mother | should have been
unworthy TO stay beneath it and nave
denied that shelter or withheld II uhul
knew his name and what he was. lie
STAYED here until he could he removed
He left a letter for you. 1t will probably
tell YOU If he was the nan thus person IL
seeking .n
'sThank You, mother" said Hale, lift
ing her hand to his lips quietly; land per-
hans Won will kindly tell these gentlemen
that. rs your son does not care To know
who or what the stranger was, there Is no
necessity for opening the letter OF keepin
Mr.. Stanncr 2 moment longer.
"But YOU will obligc ne, by opening IL
before these gentlemen" said Mrs. Hale,
recovering her voice and color. Please to
follow me" she said, preceding them 10
the staircase.
They entered Mr.. Hale's room, now re-
storcd>to its original condition. On the
table lay "A letter aud n small package:
The eyes of Mr.. Stanncr, u little abashed
hy the attitude of the two women, fastened
upon it and glistened.
Josephine handed her husband the let
ter. He opened it in breathless silence
and read;
"Juhn Hale:
I'VE owe You no return for voluntarily
making yoursclfa champion of Justice u
pursuing us, except 1t was to oller You q
fair field and no favor. We didn't get
that much from you, but accident brought
us into your house and into Your family,
where We did get it and were fairly van
quished. To the Vict0rs belong the spoils.
| W. leave the package of greenbacks which
we took from Col. Clinch in the Sierra
coach, but which was first stolen by Hank
ms from forty-four shareholders Of the
Excelsior Ditch. We have no right to
say what you should do with il, but If
you aren't tired Of following the same line
of Justice that induced you 10 run alter us
you will try to restore IL To its rightiul
owners.
I'VE leave you another tritle IA an evil
dcncc that our intrusion into your affairs
was not without some service TO you, even
if the service was rs accidental ut the in
~trusion. You will find a pair of boots i'll
the corner of Your closet. The were taken
from the burglarious feet OF Manuel, your
pcon, who, believing the three ladies' were
alone and at his mercy, entered yonr house
with IN accomplish at = o'clock Oh the
morning Of the 2lst, and was kicked out
by
''Your obcdicnt servants,
GEORGE LEE IL EDWARD FAL.KNER."
Hale's voice and color changed on read
ing this last paragraph. lie turned quickly
toward his wife; Kate flew 10 the closet,
where the untitled boots of Manuel sou.
fIonied them. 1--WE never knew il. / al
ways suspected something that night"
said Mrs. Hale and Mrs. Scott in the same
breath.
That's all very well and like George
Lees high ialutin'.r said Stanner, ap-
preaching the table, but ~ long eZ the
~rreenbacks are here he can make what
capital he likes outer Manuel. III trouble
you to PISS over that package"
Excuse me" said Hale. but | believe
this is the package taken from Col. CIinch.
Is it not?" he added, appealing to the
colonel.
"It.is," said Clinch.
Then take it. said Hale, handing him
the package. The first restitution is Ia
you, but | believe you will fulfill Lees in
structions a. well as myself"
But" said Stanner, fnriOusly interpos-
ing, I've q warrant to seize hat wher.
ever found, and ! dare you TO disobey the
law"
"Mr. Stanner," said Clinch, slowly,
there are ladies present. If you insist
upon having that package | must ask
them to Withdraw, and I'm afraid you'll
lind me- better prepared TO resist a second
robbery than ! was the first. Your war
rant, which was taken out by the express
company, issupplanted by civil proceedings
taken the day before yesterday against the
property of the fugitive swindler Harkins!
You should have consulted the sheriff be-
fore you came here"